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To evaluate differences in physical activity patterns and determine their association with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk markers among European, Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi adults.

September 1, 2002Journal of Public HealthOpen Access

Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population

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LHLawrence D. HayesLancaster University Ghana MWMartha WhiteMoores Cancer Center NUNigel UnwinUniversity of Exeter

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Cross-sectional study finds lower physical activity levels and linked cardiometabolic risks among South Asian adults compared to Europeans, highlighting the need for targeted activity interventions.

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To evaluate differences in physical activity patterns and determine their association with cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk markers among European, Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi adults.
Conducted a cross-sectional, population-based study of European, Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi men and women aged 25–75 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Measured physical activity using a multidimensional index and evaluated associations with cardiometabolic risk markers, including blood pressure, lipid profiles, glucose, and insulin.
Physical activity guidelines were unmet by 52% of European men compared with 71% of Indian, 88% of Pakistani, and 87% of Bangladeshi men, with similar disparities observed among women.
Physical activity was inversely correlated with body mass index, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure, blood glucose, and insulin across all ethnic groups, but did not correlate with HDL cholesterol.

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Hayes et al. (2002) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a78c37fd8eb58afc2beb502 https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/24.3.170

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Cross-sectional study finds lower physical activity levels and linked cardiometabolic risks among South Asian adults compared to Europeans, highlighting the need for targeted activity interventions.

Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population

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Patterns of physical activity and relationship with risk markers for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and European adults in a UK population

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